Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) lands on the head of Dr. Mark Hansen aboard the vessel Condor Express which was many miles offshore at the time. It was a Cetacean Society trip, but the tanager did not know it.
Eye to eye.
First touch.
Secluded moments.
Meet the Heermanni's.
Are you the gorilla my dreams?
Man takes his favorite gorilla for a boat ride.
The call.
Look, ma! I found some detached Macrocystis pyrifera stipes and fronds.